Jun 24, 2023

50 Years After The Up Stairs Lounge fire in New Orleans

Some victims of the fire died trapped between window guards and roaring flames.
NEW ORLEANS — On Sunday June 24, 1973, dozens of patrons had gathered at the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans when an arsonist set fire to the building. Within minutes, the flames engulfed the bar, killing 32 patrons. Now author Robert W. Fieseler has come out with a new book "Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation," that details the fire and its aftermath.


2018 NY TImes story about exhibit recalling the fire




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